Minidreams 70 Caprice drop top Lowrider

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

I know Lowriders aren't everyones cup of tea but they have always been 1 of my strongest subjects in this hobby!

Here i took an AMT 70 impala hard top , wacked off the roof and reshaped the rear package tray and trunk lines to make a custom drop top . I left the rear trunk with the center dip cause i like the look over the flat lid that they have from the factory . The up top is from a Revell 65 Impala convertible that i cut down and reshaped ! It is a fully detailed .

The steering wheel , the rear club plaque, the exhaust, the wheels were all custom made aswhile . Enough of the BS heres a few pics to enjoy !

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

here's pic of the details in the trunk and inside and motor

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

Here are some interior pics !

[slusher]

Very sharp model..

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

Here are few pics with my youtube build in tribute to CHEVY CHEESEBURGER from last year which was a 48 hr OUT OF BOX !

Thanks again for letting me share another build ! I'll return with a few more builds soon !

[customsrus]

Great looking builds Dave, its nice to see some of your builds around here.

[DeeCee]

Nice build's, nice work on the vert conversion and plumbing in the trunk too.

I love low riders myself, the challenge of getting them that low, properly, the amount of hinge work that usually goes into them and above all, the ability to pull off some of those magnificent paint schemes associated with them.

Great job.!!

[Bob Ellis]

Good job. The 70 Impalas are nicely styled cars and better as convertibles.

[Bob Ellis]

I forgot to meantion that the skirts are a nice addition too. I guess you had to scratch build them? I don't remember any resin offerings.

Also, AMT made a convertible promo of this car but never a kit.

[MikeBoyle]

Nice clean work.

[wayne swayze]

Looks good..

[GMCMAN52]

twins I love it, nice color too

[S. Svendsen]

Awesome

[David@MinidreamsInc.]

I forgot to meantion that the skirts are a nice addition too. I guess you had to scratch build them? I don't remember any resin offerings.

Also, AMT made a convertible promo of this car but never a kit.

I started the skirts out of plastic sheet stock then i just shaped them tell they looked right to me !

[exnyman]

I forgot to meantion that the skirts are a nice addition too. I guess you had to scratch build them? I don't remember any resin offerings.

Also, AMT made a convertible promo of this car but never a kit.

True, AMT didn't make a convertible in kit form but….MPC did. It isn't widely known, and rarely seen. It went by the title of "The Bat Machine", and from much of the box art, and description, appeared to be a custom only kit. It actually contained parts to build the stock 70 convertible. I have never seen anything but the box art, so I don't know if the kit had the correct flat trunk lid, or used the concave trunk lid of the Custom Coupe kit. I remember seeing a few of them on the store shelves back in 70, when I was 11 years old, but didn't think it could be built stock so, I never bought one. I did buy the MPC 70 Custom Coupe, and it still resides in my book shelf, unpainted, and glued together promo style, as I built it in 1970. Here is a link to the box art for the 70 convertible:

http://www.showrods.com/showrod_pages/bat_machine.html

[Mike 1017]

VERY VERY NICE !!!!

[Lownslow]

nice build, its out of your way with that color.

[Helix]

Nice work David, like the colour

[slammedi'am]

Nice build!!

[Jade043]

Simply outstanding!

[1 bad55 stan]

Great work on both,really well done!

[Dominik]

Very nice! Like the "twins" in the last pictures

[Bob Ellis]

Exnyman, I have the Bat Machine. It has the same trunk as the '69 MPC Impala convertible with indentation. Yes, had all the stock parts as well as skulls, spider webs ect.

The 1969 and 1970 AMT Impalas are a bit more correct as AMT got the promo contracts for both those two years. MPC used Impala twice on the side and no SS on the trunk. The AMT rear window is concaved like the real Custom Coupe was.

The biggest error in the '70 MPC Impala hardtop and '70 Impala convertible (Bat Machine) is that MPC didn't know GM dropped the bucket seats in the '70 Impala. The AMT kit replaced the buckets with a bench seat.

[Danno]

Nice pair.